A Review on Nanofluids: Fabrication, Stability, and Thermophysical Properties

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.19em"/><col style="width:13.64em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Fluid</td><td class="align_center">Thermal conductivity (W/mK)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">EG</td><td class="align_center">40</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ethylene oxide</td><td class="align_center">76.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ethanol</td><td class="align_center">6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Glycerol</td><td class="align_center">54.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Kerosene</td><td class="align_center">1.34–1.38</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Toluene</td><td class="align_center">8.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Water</td><td class="align_center">29</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Commonly used basefluids thermal conductivities [<a href="/journals/jnm/2018/6978130/#B42" target="_blank">51</a>].</div>

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Table 5: A Review on Nanofluids: Fabrication, Stability, and Thermophysical Properties 